Chapter 569: Northern Expedition (6)
Compared with the strong Changsheng army, the strength of the defenders in Songting Pass was much weaker. The adjutant general of the gate watched as the batches of sergeants fell on the city wall wailing, and the blood flowing in all directions flowed down the root of the wall like flowing water. Stained the entire city wall a blood-red color!
Forced into desperation, the remaining lieutenant general had to continue to fill the rear reserves into the city one after another. The defenders were then knocked down by a rain of arrows and terrifying fireballs, either on the road or on the walls.
The viable strength of the Jin army is rapidly decreasing. The number of defenders was not very large in the first place, and under the continuous continuous blows of the victorious army, the number of dead gradually exceeded those who were still alive.
As the number of defenders gradually decreased, so did the will of the defenders to resist. After all, not everyone can have a big heart that is fearless. You can calmly persist in fighting in the smoke and flames of gunpowder, mountains and mountains of corpses and a sea of blood. The more the robes around him fell, the faster the courage in the hearts of the sergeants fell.
Conversely, because the defenders' counterattack was suppressed by the Victorious Army's powerful ranged forces, the Victorious Army's attacking forces did not suffer too many casualties. Most of the casualties were concentrated on the cannon fodder of the death battalions.
These cannon fodder suffered great losses in the process of filling trenches, pulling away horses, pulling out antlers, and even carrying the ladder to the city wall in the first wave! Few of the nearly 3,000 cannon fodder sent out by Gao Yang were able to come back alive, and most of them died under the Songting Pass!
For these lost cannon fodder, Gao Yang didn't care at all in his heart. They're just a bunch of aliens. In this vast northern land, there are alien races everywhere who can't survive, and there are as many as this kind of cannon fodder. How could Gao Yang care about their lives?
Since the alien races in the north launched a southward war more than a thousand years ago, how many sons and daughters of the Han family have been driven as cattle to fill the city defenses? How many sons and daughters of the Han family were cruelly and ruthlessly enslaved, killed, raped with silver, and even eaten alive as two-legged sheep?!
Gao Yang has never believed in benevolence, righteousness and morality, and etiquette, righteousness and shame can influence these beasts. In his heart, these people are a group of soft bones who bully the weak and are afraid of the hard. If you are good to him, then he will bite you harder. If you are fierce to him, then he will wag his tail at you like a dog.
In Gao Yang's eyes, the lives of these alien races were nothing more than a group of extremely cheap cannon fodder, which they were meant to consume. It's good to recruit when you run out, and if you can't recruit it, catch it! If you can do it, why can't we do it!
You must know that the descendants of Yan and Huang gradually developed from the Yellow River Valley through one brutal annexation after another! Just look at the national totem to get an intuitive understanding of everything!
The defenders of Songting Pass numbered about 20,000 people. Before, Wanyan Mochi led more than 3,000 elites to be wiped out in a failed night attack, and the remaining more than 10,000 people in the pass were consumed very quickly. Especially when the victorious army began to storm the city walls.
Because the terrain in front of Songting Pass is relatively narrow, large-scale siege and engagement equipment such as the trolley nest tower are useless. They were all burned as bait during last night's night raid.
If Yan Xiyin is here, he will definitely not be so easily fooled. Take risks for those who don't pose much of a threat. In order to destroy a bunch of chicken ribs, not only did he bury the main general, but also sent thousands of elite soldiers to the grave. After the Changsheng army launched a strong attack, there was no backbone to even resist! A good commander is too important for an army.
After launching a strong attack, the victorious army used a reinforced ladder!
After the hook of the ladder jammed into the wall, dozens of armorers stabilized the heavy base. The cannon fodder, dressed in light armor, holding shields, and holding swords in their mouths, rushed forward in the first wave. After that, of course, it was smashed down by the dense rain of rolling stones, sasswood, and ash bottles.
The Jurchens were not good at defending the city at all. They completely copied the way the Song army defended the city when they went south. Under the teaching of Wanyan Xiyin, he was barely able to learn a similar look. It's just that these are all three-plate axe things.
After Yan Xiyin left, there was no longer anyone who knew how to do it in this Songting Pass. After the soldiers defending the city saw the overwhelming number of enemy troops rushing up, how could they take care of it in a hurry? That's really what to throw at something. Even the crossbowmen panicked, and after the continuous shooting of arrows, their arms were so weak that they couldn't even pull their bows away.
At this time, the gap between the quality and strength of the army can be reflected. The defenders, who lacked elite troops, put up desperate resistance in a panic, but did a lot of useless work. It's like the troops have been fighting until they die in battle. I didn't even think about using the reserves to do the rotation and give the sergeants a chance to breathe.
And they won't defend the city at all. Lacking elites, the defenders in panic saw that the enemy army began to climb the wall, and threw all the materials for defending the city without hesitation. After Yan Xiyin's painstaking preparation, it seemed that a large number of materials for defending the city were consumed in vain.
Because he was too nervous, there were even crossbowmen who fired arrows continuously, and finally made themselves lose their combat effectiveness. And there was no one to remind them! Everything in all this indicates that this army is already approaching the brink of collapse.
The Chang Shengjun side planned very carefully. The phalanx of crossbowmen responsible for suppressing the cover was so numerous that all the crossbowmen were lined up in rows, taking turns shooting arrows and taking turns to rest. While maintaining physical strength, he has also maintained long-range suppression on the battlefield.
Not to mention those trebuchets. What Gao Yang cares about the most is material. A combination of wood and steel like this, that's how much you use! Gao Yang will not feel distressed at all in his heart. He is completely different from those who value things more than human life.
The siege troops in front were even more cautious. Of course, the vanguard composed of most elite veterans knew that it was most dangerous when they first started to climb the wall, and they couldn't agree with the cannon fodder sent by the Yan King to go to the city first.
Wait until those cannon fodder who are not afraid of death, or have to be sent to death, have paid huge casualties and paved a way forward with blood. As the generals in charge of the siege shouted with their swords, the dense snare drums thundered, and the armor-clad soldiers of the victorious army under the city walls roared in unison, rushing to the ladder like a tide.
The few cannon fodder who were lucky enough to be alive quickly dodged out of the way. Shrinking at the foot of the wall, panting heavily, with an expression of escape, he watched the large group of heavily armored soldiers who were like wolves and tigers rushing up the ladder and rushing towards the wall of Songting Pass like a surging tide.
Jiang Hu was also among the first wave of siege troops.
Born in a military family, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, his courage is extraordinary, and he is at his youngest and strongest time. It is only natural that Jiang Hu, who has been performing well before, was selected as the striker.
Dressed in heavy foot armor, he held a heavy shield diagonally in one hand, a chain hammer in the other, and his own war knife in his mouth. Jiang Hu, who was panting with his mouth open, took heavy steps and climbed up the steps of the cloud ladder step by step.
There was a loud bang, and a robe who was walking in front of him was smashed on the shield by a huge stone. The shield supported by the arm could not withstand such a heavy blow, and the tremendous force immediately smashed the sergeant's arm off. The stone then smashed into his shoulder, sending the sergeant flying straight out of the ladder. Screaming, he fell diagonally, slammed heavily on the ground, and after stirring up a large amount of dust, he saw that he would not be able to live.
Jiang Hu didn't have the heart to mourn the unfortunate robe. He gritted his teeth, and two blood-red eyes with black holes appeared on the hideous armor under the helmet. Climb up briskly.
"It's here, it's here!" Looking at the battlements that are getting closer and closer, even the figures of the defenders on the city wall swaying back and forth can be seen clearly. Jiang Hu's heart was beating rapidly, and he suddenly opened his mouth and gasped for a few breaths.
"Lotus~~~" Jiang Hu shouted, his legs suddenly exerted force, and he jumped up the city wall with a leap.
"Bang !!" With a loud bang, the chain hammer in Jiang Hu's hand flew out horizontally, hitting the head of a terrified defender standing in front of him, and it was instantly torn apart like a broken watermelon. Red and white were sprinkled all over the ground.
His footsteps were half-turned, and the chain hammer in his hand swung with the momentum, and slammed it into the chest of one of the defenders beside him with a roaring sound of breaking through the air. The terrible sound of bones cracking rang out, and the defender flew out with blood and shattered entrails, screaming and falling off the wall.
Jiang Hu took a deep breath and raised the shield in his hand diagonally, blocking a spear that stabbed straight from the side. With a wave of the other arm, the hammer flew out of his hand and knocked a bow aimed at him not far away, knocking him to the ground. Turning around, he caught the war knife that fell after letting go of his mouth, raised a shield in one hand to protect himself, and the war knife flew in the other. All this happened in a very short period of time.
Superb martial arts, extraordinary courage, wearing heavy armor, and holding a sharp blade, Jiang Hu stubbornly guarded the battlement behind him. It didn't take long for one after another of the heavily armored sergeants to pour into the city walls, shoulder to shoulder, forming an impregnable phalanx of steel!
"Win." Gao Yang, who was watching the battle from a distance, put down the high-powered military telescope in his hand and nodded with satisfaction. It was only the first wave of attacks that rushed to the top of the city, and gradually gained a foothold. This made Gao Yang very satisfied with the military horses under his command. (Gao Yang didn't count the lives of the cannon fodder before.) )
"You have an absolute advantage on your side, and it is a matter of course to win." Origin said aloud.
"Hmm." Gao Yang nodded. raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Whether it is combat effectiveness, weapons and equipment, the number of personnel or the morale of the army." By the way, and the most important command ability, my side has an absolute advantage. If you can't win the battle, it's a joke. ”
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